A Massachusetts candidate tangles with radio hosts over whether President Trump is like Hitler

Democratic candidate for governor Jay Gonzalez’s campaign slogan is “Let’s Aim High!”

On Thursday, he may have aimed a little too, um, high, calling into WEEI’s Kirk & Callahan Show — hosted by Kirk Minihane and Gerry Callahan — and quickly sounding as if he regretted trying to tangle with the pugnacious hosts whose politics seem a long way from the Needham liberal.

After a discussion of Governor Charlie Baker’s reversal Monday, deciding not to send the Massachusetts National Guard to the Mexican border, the chat turned to other topics, including more historical matters.

“Do you think Trump is like Hitler?” Callahan asked Gonzalez in the 9 a.m. hour of the popular talk radio show.

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